diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5f3a8a75c..123b62c49 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ AC_OUTPUT(Makefile examples/Makefile                                       \
 		   ext/Makefile                                            \
 		   ext/tpx/Makefile                                        \
 		   ext/math/Makefile                                       \
+		   ext/blas/Makefile                                       \
 		   ext/cvode/Makefile                                      \
 		   ext/lapack/Makefile                                     \
 		   Cantera/Makefile                                        \
diff --git a/examples/cxx/Makefile.am b/examples/cxx/Makefile.am
index 3079ac8e7..19abff458 100644
--- a/examples/cxx/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/cxx/Makefile.am
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ cc_sources = examples.cpp kinetics_example1.cpp kinetics_example2.cpp \
 LINK                 = -lkinetics -ltransport -lthermo -lctnumerics
 LINK                += -lctbase -ltpx -lctmath -lconverters 
 LINK                += -luser -lcvode -lstdc++ -lctlapack 
-# -lctblas -lctf2c -lctcxx -luser -lstdc++
+LINK                += -lctblas
+# -lctf2c -lctcxx -luser -lstdc++
 
 LIBS                 = -L$(top_builddir)/build/lib/ $(LINK)
 
diff --git a/ext/Makefile.am b/ext/Makefile.am
index 20d006bb4..797cbfad0 100644
--- a/ext/Makefile.am
+++ b/ext/Makefile.am
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SUBDIRS                 = tpx math cvode lapack
+SUBDIRS                 = tpx math cvode lapack blas
 
diff --git a/ext/blas/Makefile.am b/ext/blas/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bdd18206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/blas/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+fc_sources              = dasum.f dcabs1.f ddot.f dgemm.f dger.f drot.f drotm.f \
+                          dsbmv.f dsdot.f dspr2.f dswap.f dsymv.f dsyr2k.f      \
+                          dsyrk.f dtbsv.f dtpsv.f dtrmv.f dtrsv.f dznrm2.f      \
+                          idamax.f izamax.f xerbla.f daxpy.f dcopy.f dgbmv.f    \
+                          dgemv.f dnrm2.f drotg.f drotmg.f dscal.f dspmv.f      \
+                          dspr.f dsymm.f dsyr2.f dsyr.f dtbmv.f dtpmv.f dtrmm.f \
+                          dtrsm.f dzasum.f icamax.f isamax.f lsame.f
+
+INCLUDES                = 
+AM_CXXFLAGS             = $(INCLUDES)
+AM_FCFLAGS              = $(INCLUDES)
+
+lib_LTLIBRARIES         = $(top_builddir)/build/lib/libctblas.la
+library_includedir      = $(top_builddir)/build/include
+library_include_HEADERS = $(h_sources)
+
+#-----------------------
+# Cantera Converters C/C++ library
+#-----------------------
+
+__top_builddir__build_lib_libctblas_la_LDFLAGS      = $(all_libraries) -release $(GENERIC_RELEASE)
+__top_builddir__build_lib_libctblas_la_SOURCES      = $(fc_sources) $(cc_sources)
+
+CLEANFILES = *.o
diff --git a/ext/blas/Makefile.in b/ext/blas/Makefile.in
deleted file mode 100755
index caef518a0..000000000
--- a/ext/blas/Makefile.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-#/bin/sh
-# $License$
-#
-# $Id: Makefile.in,v 1.8 2008/12/30 21:49:41 hkmoffa Exp $
-#
-do_ranlib = @DO_RANLIB@                                                                                                                     
-BLASLIB = @buildlib@/libctblas.a
-
-SUFFIXES=
-SUFFIXES= .f .o
-
-PURIFY=@PURIFY@
-
-PIC_FLAG=@PIC@
-
-F_FLAGS = @FFLAGS@ $(PIC_FLAG)
-
-OBJS = \
-dasum.o \
-daxpy.o \
-dcabs1.o \
-dcopy.o \
-ddot.o \
-dgbmv.o \
-dgemm.o \
-dgemv.o \
-dger.o \
-dnrm2.o \
-drot.o \
-drotg.o \
-drotm.o \
-drotmg.o \
-dsbmv.o \
-dscal.o \
-dsdot.o \
-dspmv.o \
-dspr.o \
-dspr2.o \
-dswap.o \
-dsymm.o \
-dsymv.o \
-dsyr.o \
-dsyr2.o \
-dsyr2k.o \
-dsyrk.o \
-dtbmv.o \
-dtbsv.o \
-dtpmv.o \
-dtpsv.o \
-dtrmm.o \
-dtrmv.o \
-dtrsm.o \
-dtrsv.o \
-dzasum.o \
-idamax.o \
-lsame.o \
-xerbla.o 
-
-# dznrm2.o \
-
-
-#SRCS = $(OBJS:.o=.cpp)
-
-
-$(BLASLIB):  $(OBJS)
-	@ARCHIVE@ $(BLASLIB) $(OBJS) > /dev/null
-ifeq ($(do_ranlib),1)
-	@RANLIB@ $(ZEROD_LIB)
-endif
-
-%.o : %.f
-	$(PURIFY) @F77@ -c $< $(F_FLAGS) 
-
-clean:
-	$(RM) $(OBJS) $(BLASLIB)
-
-depends:
-